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The world's oldest profession makes for some of the world's best stories.

Today's compilation is in honor of (or the opposite of honor) New York's governor Eliot Spitzer. It appears that Mr. Spitzer has found himself in a little hot water in connection to a prostitution ring. What's with powerful, righteous men getting caught up in pay-for-sex scandals? Oh yeah, tradition. Check out five favorite prostitution stories from the past whenever:Man bumps into wife at a brothelA man in Warsaw, Poland made an interesting discovery at a local brothel: his wife. She was there earning some extra money. And he was there pursuing a little action on the side. It could not have gone well from there. Find out how this happened...

Older white women enjoy the men of Africa Kenya dig it. According to Reuters,sex tourism isn't just for men any more. Kenya has experienced a massive boom in sex tourism by women from Europe. These women are looking for younger men to romance and sex them. Is Stella just getting her groove back?

A DC madam and Capitol Hill hypocrisyDavid Vitter, a senator from the great state of Louisiana has been implicated in some not-so-great stuff. And he's admitted to seeing a prostitute while in DC but will not put up with accusations that he would ever do so back in Louisiana. Why not? His wife and people are there. His DC madam thinks he's full of it. Decide for yourself...

Japanese 'love hotels' are nice places to chatThere's a rumor that many men just see hookers for a friendly, non-judgmental ear. And ordinarily we would call these men liars. But some studies have been done and it looks like many Japanese men just hit up love hotel to get someone to listen, you know really listen to their problems. Funny that our society has a taboo on prostitution and theirs has one on mental health professionals. Who has the better system?

Sometimes, women pay for it too Evidently, the profession of gigolo is alive and well. And it's not just for flawed or weird women as Deuce Bigalo would suggest. One British woman gives her reasons and it's a little like Charlie Sheen's quote about not paying for sex but paying for them to leave. Read more about a fun female John...

Seriously, it might be Rob Schneider.

They didn't just offer companionship to their clients.

Hey, some people like to believe in fairy tales. Sure, he likes to say some people were just lonely and needed a date, but nope. That isn't true. It was mostly about gross sex with awful people. Sorry.

Yes, he's done that.

It's more than just weird sex.

They didn't just have weird, unspeakable sex with people, they also had weird, unspeakable companionship with people. When just hanging out is weird and unspeakable, that's something that's hard to heal from.

They've gotten more weird than you can ever imagine.

They probably used to have a pimp.

Here's the thing about pimps: they're notoriously bad bosses. If you think your boss is a jerk, just thank God he's not a pimp. Pimps also aren't known for letting people quit. So there's also that to watch out for.

They've dealt with the worst people imaginable.

It changes their perspective.

Look, I'm not judging anyone for paying their rent. This is just such a weird job, of course it's going to have an effect on what people perceive as normal. Also, when you want to get lucky, it may feel like a day at the office for your partner, and that's just depressing.

They're desensitized to weirdness.

They've seen and done things you don't really want to imagine. Not necessarily gross things, but still very weird things. If you see someone weird in public, there's a chance he's going to be like, "Oh, I remember her..."